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How was your first month of 2018? Mine, had it's moments. Lets see if I can remember. Well, lets start by showing you some of the projects I've finished. There was one more that looked like a gingerbread house but I gave to someone for Christmas. These things took a while to do. The last two things I did do in January. So I've been a little busy. As for the rest of things going on well, the husband is still dealing with a broken foot that is not healing like it should because he does not sit still very well. It might get to the point very soon that he will end up with a cast on his foot. I'll try to keep you posted if I remember. The weather is typical Wisconsin weather. Right now, cold. below zero with wind chills maybe 20 below. There is snow. I'm not going to take a picture of the swing anymore. It doesn't pay. Last week or so I've been dealing with a cold. The cough is still lingering a little bit but it is getting bet...

It's hard to believe that another year has gone by.  It was definitely one for the record books.  But I guess you can say that about every year. But this one made my head spin. All the bad politics.  President Dweeb is quickly breaking down the core of America. All he has done is insult everyone that has a real brain. The difference between him and other political people is, they are always being bought by others( Not to say that is a good thing). While he is doing the buying. And if he can't buy you, he calls you names and demonizes you.  In my eyes, he is still the spoiled brat that had never heard NO while he was growing up. He didn't listen to others then and he will not listen to anyone now. He is the number one BULLY in my book. He is close minded and will never change. He is the main thing left over from 2017 that will make 2018 feel so much worse then we can imagine. The weather was another thing that made it a stand out year.  ...

I know I'm a day late. What can I say it's kind of distracting around here right now. This month has been not what I wanted. The husband is dealing with a broken foot that happened at work. The doctors are not being very helpful. The doc he was seeing said it was just a contusion. Wrong! He went it the other day again and was told it is fractured. Now he has a boot on and they said they are going to get on top of it. They were suppose to call yesterday and start setting something up. No call. I'm thinking it time I release my inner bitch and give them all a piece of my mind in a way they won't see coming.  This is seriously going to damage my plans to continue hiking the Ice Age Trail. I know I sound selfish. But the husband is also finding it very hard it get a lot of other things done around here. It is making it harder for him to care for the cattle with ease. Now it is a struggle to get around. Cutting firewood is not easy. And I'm sure he is having a very ...

I know, you are wondering why I'm late with this post. The best excuse I can give you, it's all the husband's fault. Over a week ago he was hurt at work. He runs a loading dock. He got his right foot kind of smashed between to heavy carts. He thought be broke his leg when he called me from the emergency room. They told him he is a contusion. But he still can't walk on it. So since he can't get around very well I have to pick up the slack and help out with more things. Plus trying to pick up after him is a challenge enough too. He tries to do somethings but it's kind of hard and makes him very frustrated when he has to get my help. But it has not stopped him from going bow hunting. Too many nice bucks showing up on the trail camera. He did get one.  I guess it's a seven pointer. Notice the crutches in the background. Nice big body. So we will have some good meat for the freezer. There was one other thing that showed up on the camera that can not...

Well, September is gone. This year is just fling by.  It had it's up and downs but mostly uneventful.  One sad thing that happened was our dog , Fawn passed away. She will be greatly missed. As for animals in the house I still have a cat, Minnie. But I'm not sure how long she has. She is almost 16 years old. I thought she would have gone before the dog. But once she is gone, for the first time in my whole life I will not have some kind of animal in the house. But for now Minnie is enjoying me all to herself without a dog chasing her away from me.  I still animals outside. Plus all the wild life that likes to show up in the yard.  Well believe it or not I have finished a project: I know it's not Easter. But it was the next pattern in the book. The next one will be one that will fit in for  Thanksgiving. I should get it done. As for the rest of the month, not a lot of outstanding things happened. I keep trying to get myself to make litt...

If anyone does follow this blog, I know I'm late with the monthly post. Sorry. To tell you the truth, I forgot about it on the first until I was almost ready to go to bed.  I guess I really don't have a good  excuse. But I'm here now. So lets see, what can I talk about this last month. I saw the solar eclipse on the 21st. It was only about maybe 80% visible here. I did have a pair of the glasses so I could see it that way.  I took the day off from work so I would not miss it. It was a very calm day.  Here's a little story about what happened before that. The husband and I had gone to town to get a few things. When we got back there was a mommy deer in the yard and her baby. The baby was nursing. That is the first time I have seen that happen. I wish I had a camera with me. I know your saying, "Well you have a cell phone, don't you?" All I can say, is it's a flip phone and by the time I would have dug it out of my purse, the baby would not h...

Well it's the 1st of August. I don't know about you but it feels like this year has just been flying by faster then I want it to. July had it's moments.  Nothing earth shattering happened to me. We did go hiking a few times. When it was not raining or too hot or the husband was not baling hay. You want to see a few pictures? Well they are:  The hikes were all very good. The weather was just right most of the time. During the hikes we saw different things. During one hike the husband almost walked into a bear. He was in front of me and about to round a curve in the trail when he stopped and said "Woo". I said. "What?" He said, "Bear". That's when I heard the bear start to go crashing though the woods. He figured it was about a 300 lbs. I just hope we do not run into any more. I still plan on trying to get the trail through Taylor County done by I hope Labor Day weekend. At least that's when he want...